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The City of Willmar will be purchasing two new boat launch docks for Willmar Lake and Foot Lake from MINNCOR Industries. The docks will be built by incarcerated people in correctional facilities as a way to teach job-training skills.

A snow emergency has been called for the downtown Willmar central business district

The Willmar City Council approved the 2022 tax levy and budget on Monday. The levy was raised $1.2 million over the 2021 levy.

The Willmar City Council authorized the funding for the downtown Willmar Streetscape project, along with authorizing Bolton & Menk to begin the final design of the project.

Due to unforeseen issues regarding the utilities under 2nd Street Southeast in Willmar, the reconstruction project of the roadway is taking much longer than the city, and residents, expected. The road will remain unpaved through the winter and temporary mailboxes will be going up to make sure the mail can still get through.

The Willmar City Council voted Monday to close the Indoor Gun Range located in the basement of the Willmar City Auditorium. Safety and the cost of lead mitigation are the main driving forces behind the move to close the facility.

The Willmar Parks and Recreation Board has recommended that the Willmar City Council permanently close the indoor gun range in the basement of the Willmar City Auditorium. The main reason is the high cost of keeping the facility free of lead contamination.

The Willmar City Council attended a two-day retreat to discuss not only how to be better leaders and decision-makers, but also to try and learn the steps to take to make big decisions, such as whether to move forward with a city hall project.

An early Monday storm wreaked wind damage across Kandiyohi and Swift counties.

Willmar Public Works installed new city population signs across the city on Thursday. The signs now show the 2020 census count.